1. Stress and Emotions

2. Class Outline Relationship between emotions and stress
Emotional Intelligence
Fear
Anger

3. Relationship Between Stress and Emotions
Positive and Negative emotions
State Emotionality
Trait Emotionality

4. Emotional Intelligence
Goleman (1995)
“Abilities such as being able to motivate oneself and persist in the face of frustration; to control impulse and delay gratification; to regulate one’s moods and keep distress from swamping the ability to think; to empathize, and to hope.”

5. Emotional Intelligence
Salovey’s (1995) Five components of EI
Knowing one’s own emotions
Managing emotions
Motivating oneself
Recognizing emotions in others
Handling relationships

6. Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence is a developing construct
Differing viewpoints

7. Benefits of Emotional Intelligence
Moderates relationship between stress and depression, hopelessness, and suicidal ideation
Contributes to cognitive clarity under extreme stress
Enhances leadership qualities
Contributes to work success
Positive interpersonal relationships

8. FEAR Phobias General Fears Contribution to stress Specific, limited
Pervasive, underlying
Contribution to stress

9. Systematic Desensitization

10. ANGER Anger, Type A, and CHD Anger is not a bad emotion
Anger can have negative effects
Constructive expression of anger
Cathartic experience

11. Anger Expression Exercise